New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-20
VETERANS AT SARATOGA.
PREPARING TO RECEIVE THE ARMY OF THE
POTOMAC.
BROADWAY .BLAZE WITH BUNTING DIsTIN-
GuIsHEp GUEsTs-NOTEs FROM HOTELS
AND COTTAGES HATHORN

TFRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
{ SARATOGA June lot was bright day mere
Yesterday and what with the vivid blue SKY OF
summer overhead the stately elms that hne every
st,eot in tull Leaf and the hotel omnbuses rafting
ahout the village with "A lively dir, Saratogas summer
season seemed to have been opened. mere were Hs
trua lew arrivals, beyond fifty colored gentlemen
that one subsequently had the pleasure OF meeting at
dinner Still the fifty martial hackmen and motel
porters that stood long before the railway
depot gates and invited the solitary traveller In
vocierous tones enter the doors OF twenty oihi,
buses and thirty carriages, did not seem disappointed
that there was little - DIVIDE Ibey khe" tna'
within another fortnight there wound be huhdreus
seeking vehicles 10 convey them to tue hoteis ana
that they could afford 10 wait
Indeed. tho present week there will be loud
demand for every means of transportation for the
members of the Grand Army of the omac will hold
their annual reunion here on Wednesday and Thurs
day. There will be 500 members Of that Organization
here, and also the 18th Regiment OF the National
Guard (Brooklyn) the Goth Regiment and the
veterans Of the 7th Regiment who will act as All
escort to the Potomac The State Legislat-
ure at its late session appropriated $Iooo TO pay
fhe expenses of transporting the National Guafd
regiments to Saratoga and back TO their MONIES
Already decorators at work ad0rnng the notels III
honor OF the army OF the Potomac visitor notices
that the Worden House on Broadway has It's plazzas,
doOrways, aud almost every inch OF It's Was co'ereu
with American flags, the shields OF the various STATES
and red wnte and blue streamers All day yesterday
the decorators arranging flags III sheld-liKe
shape upon the face OF the great wall OF the ChVeu
States Hotel that looks upon Broadway AT Que part
OF the walls OF this hotel picture has Deen p"oeu
representing OF the War OF the keDeIlon, ana
this ALEC has been surrounded with ha8s. congress
Hall which be- the headquarters OF tie army OF
the Potomac, is finely ornamented with na4s anu
stroamers Long streamers of red white and blue
extend the lofty root OF the piazza to the raln0
that along Its front. Other hotels anu e,ores
are process of decoration with flags, aud Is inc
purpose ni the decoration committee TO nave thus
decor ited every building on broadway from 'ne
Soldiers Monument to FouIth-st. along the line oil
march OF the veterans when they parade on Nednes-
day. Besides, there will be two rlumphal arches on
the street, the street at the Arcdde Dul
Ing and another at FOurh-st. The Casino. IN "hch
nearly all the deliberations OF the ermy Will DE helu.
Is also to be finely decorated Broadway the street
through whioh the veterans and tbeir escort FlH
march, is a notably wide and beautiful one ana II y
shaded much OF it's length both sizes win rows Oh
magnificent elms. Leaving Broadway at Woodrlde'
Judge HitOn's park the veterans Will march through
the park to Judge Hlton's residence where they VIII
be viewed by Governor Hi and his STAT
Congress Hall, stated, will be the headquarters
Ct the various CORDS OF the Army OF the Potomac ana
of their quests Chief among these guests VIII DC
General llliam L. Sherman and General ThI-o H.
Sheridan There will also have ronps at tins hoteI
Chauncey NJ. Depew. the orator OF the meeting
Wallace Bruce, the poet OF the same meeting 1enefAi
Martin L. McMahon, the oom nander OF the Army OF
the Potomac Corporal Tanner Colonel Frederick
d. Grant, General Jonn c. Robinson, General George
III.
General Henry A. Barnum and General W. I. New
bury The 9TH Regiment Veterans 100 IN number
will have III the same hotel and VIII 'heie DO
given dinner The Society OF the Army OIL tpe
Potomac W II hold Its sessions both III the Town nan
and at the Casino. 1t Will be IN the Casino 'naI
Chauucey NJ. Depew will deliver his Grafton on
"Wednesday ngnt. On thursday evening the Army
OF the Potomac will have annual banquet AZ CohI
gress HALL Ii Is expected that General Sherman anu
General sheridan Will make speeches that occas on
Mill AIRY wODdelI' II Oene al sherman VIZ
moi nave something say about President Clevelands
order the surrender OF The flags OF the rebel 9
ments to the States Lately in rebellion.
Few noted people have vet arrived at Saratos"
George Bliss was here few days ago aud leased a
cottage at the UnIted States Hotel Tor bis family for
the simmer. Besides Mr. Bliss the fol owing New
York residents have engaged cottages at the United
Donnell, family OF Wilson u. Hunt, Rober' NJ Cush-
ing Belle Ne lsou John King. president OF the New
YORK Lake Erie and Western Railway; A. Ii. Baylis.
Henry g. Hur bert. Mrs Lispenard stewart j. 5. l.
Stranahan, Mrs X. L. St1art and Joseph Harker:
Dance E. Sickles will have a room in the hotel
Levi p. Morton, former Minister TO France, and
Mrs Morton arrived here tori night ago, and
living in the hOase OF Judge Bockes on Crcular-st.,
which they have leased tor the summer.
The Grand Union Hotel will be opened for the re-
ception OF guests saturday. June 20. The United
StaIe, and Congress Hall opeued their doors yeser
day and nearly all OF the hotels Will DC ready
occ1paucy by travellers the present week. One need
not f-ar to got "a Saratoga wheu all the hotels
and boarding -hou-e are open they can accommodate
5000 persons. Nowhere in the United States are
there 40 many hotels and bOardinghOuses within five
minutes walk OF the centre OF a place. An attempt
Will next year TO secure the holding in Sara
foea OF of the National conventions 1t certainly
is the most comfortable and convenient pace i'll
which to hold a political convention in the tnon.
The hotels massed together thrre Is plenty OF
room aud there is dIslra, ting crowd as In city
to take the attention of the drlegates
The Hathorn Spring House, one OF the most
popular institutions OF saratoga, has been much I'M
proved since last fail. The company WIN h the
spring drilled 100 ieet into the rock beLeath the
Spring House and pierced the vein again which CON
taiu. the precious mineral water They have placed
in the hole thus Dug az iron pipe lined with glass
The aerated waters passes through this tube and
reaches the surface OF tue earth. There IL passe-
the same tube Though what looks at nrst sight 10 be
tie grante foundation Tor a pedestal 1t IS block
of red Tennessee granite which Tests upon Minton
filing of beautiful whi,e tiles. The tiles extend
around the pedestal tor distance OF twenty feet IN
every direction forming beautiful rOor TO the ROOM
Visitors are prevented iron. stepping upon tue thing
by a brass fence which shafts III the decorative work.
Restin- upon the granite pedestal. which stands in
tbe centre inclosure cylinder OF clear glass
eight feet eight iu"hes hgh and three feet in crcum
ference The water from the Hatnorn Spring tlls
this enormous glass tube with what seems to he
millions of air bubbles. The wafer ia beautifully
clear discern III the centre OF the glass
cylinder long brass tube Inc water PUSHES from
100 teeG beneath the surface TO the summit OF this
tube the mouth OF which near the top OF the glass
CYLINDER although within H. and spurts violently
again the curved top OF the cylinder SO great 10
the OF the gas in the water that has been found
necessary bud the glass cylinder at two points vi"
broad bands OF silver. A pipe LEAFS the water from
the glass cylinder to what .ouks like table Of red
granite. In the centre OF this table there is large
glass globe The water eners at the bottom OF this
bowl aud constantly flows over it's top Falling upon
the bic it is diverted into the waste pipes. Visitors
who desire to drink the water are furnished 1t from
Che glass bowl, 10y Gipping the water forth with
tumber as il is desired From July l, 1879 10
January /, 1887. there were !, l44.4UU people who
pao . cents at ne gate the Spring House to drink
OF tue waterr of the spring In the winter time the
company bottles tie water Tor sale al over the world
The pro.nise TO be unusually Interesting this
year. The number OF OF horses Is very large
The so stalls Ia the stables At the rscecourse are all
engaged from july "a when tue Races oexln 10 August
30, when they end Several or the Monmouth Park
racing men viii ID their horses here Indeed, all the
Monmouth stables will be represented here except
those of Wijhers The stable OF Congressman W. L.
here for the first In several years and
the stables o. August Belmont and Mr. tassatt. The
Caornlans will De represented ny the stables OF Mr.
Hagsn, j. ID. Mo rissey and Mr.. Ashe Oi course the